Placodermi - Asterolepidiformes - Asterolepididae
Parent taxon: Asterolepididae according to D. K. Elliott et al. 2000
See also Denison 1978, Hay 1902 and Woodward 1891
Sister taxon: Stegolepis
Subtaxa: Asterolepis alticristata Asterolepis chadwicki Asterolepis concatenata Asterolepis cristata Asterolepis dellei Asterolepis essica Asterolepis estonica Asterolepis maxima Asterolepis orcadensis Asterolepis ornata Asterolepis radiata Asterolepis saevesoederberghi Asterolepis scabra Asterolepis sinensis Asterolepis syasiensis Asterolepis thule Asterolepis verrucosa
Ecology: nektonic carnivore
Distribution:
• Triassic of Germany (1 collection)
• Carboniferous of the United Kingdom (1)
• Devonian of Belarus (5), Canada (3: Nunavut), China (1), Colombia (1), Estonia (5), Greenland (1), Latvia (7), the Russian Federation (3), Svalbard and Jan Mayen (1), the United Kingdom (10), United States (1: New York)
Total: 40 collections including 46 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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